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Replacing a failing hard drive while keeping my OS, software etc.
Hi everyone,
The hard drive on my HP Pavilion g6-1331sf laptop is failing and I would like to replace it.
I would like to :
- image to an external hard drive before buying the new internal drive: I will only get one if the imaging procedure works all the way through
- image all the partitions except the biggest one, D:, so as not to tire the drive out too much (I'm attaching a screencap of Disk Management)
Is it possible? Which tool should I use? Do you have a list of things I should check before I get started?
(I'm planning to get a regular hard drive, probably a 1 TB.)
Thanks! :)